These last few days of the Sefirah, the 49 days between Pesach and Shavuot, are filled with great anticipation. Shavuot commemorates our birth as a people. For a holiday that is so significant it is hardly acknowledged. Our national identity was determined by a unique and deeply powerful experience at Mount Sinai according to the Torah narrative. It was at that moment that an entire people, for the first time, encountered their Common Soul and committed to a mission, a specific way of life defined by Mitzvot, doing Right Actions.